{"product_id":"atlas-comics-library-11-spy-cases","title":"ATLAS COMICS LIBRARY Volume 11 Spy Cases","description":"\u003cp\u003eCollected here for the first time, the secret agents in Atlas' spy comics of the 1950s kept Cold War America safe from Red agents and saboteurs and were in print well into the years of the Korean War, which made its presence felt in every adventure title from the publisher. Patriotic, but also subtler, darker and more sinister than the familiar costumed hero titles, the spy genre is a little-seen aspect of Atlas\/Marvel’s deep publishing history.\n\nShortly after launching his men’s adventure line of comic books in 1949 (and just before he published his first war title), Atlas publisher Martin Goodman found, in the middle ground between crime and men’s adventure, the sneakier, conspiratorial sub-genre of spy comics. The first title was \u003cem\u003eSpy Cases\u003c\/em\u003e (soon followed by \u003cem\u003eSpy Fighters\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKent Blake of the Secret Service\u003c\/em\u003e) and the contents were Cold War noir stories, as Doug Grant, Secret Agent, protected America’s interests, fighting commies from behind the Iron Curtain.\n\nLed by superlative action\/adventure artwork by \u003cstrong\u003eAl Hartley\u003c\/strong\u003e (later \u003cstrong\u003eBill Savage\u003c\/strong\u003e) and supported by Atlas titans including \u003cstrong\u003eGene Colan\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBill Everett\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eRuss Heath\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJerry Robinson\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eJoe Maneely\u003c\/strong\u003e, American agents ferreted out sinister threats in thrillers like: “The Traitor!,” “Discs of Death,” “Frame-Up in Red,” and “The Case of the Missing B-29!”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59643986313502,"sku":"ATL11H","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/ATL11H.jpg?v=1784524287","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/atlas-comics-library-11-spy-cases","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}